Etheridge on the road to full return

Melissa Etheridge is jumping back into recording and performing after spending much of the last year fighting breast cancer.

The 44-year-old rocker has appearances booked for October, when her greatest-hits collection “The Road Less Traveled” is due for release.

“I would say I’m 97% back now,” Etheridge said. “It is very hard.... Chemotherapy is so hard on a person. And I would say I’m fully recovered, yeah.”